John Gilbert
Acting
Biography
American actor John Gilbert (born John Cecil Pringle) was one of the biggest stars of the Silent films era. His career subsequently significantly waned during the first years of the sound era.
Born: July 10, 1897
Place of Birth: Logan, Utah, USA
Known For
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrated by Bibi Andersson.
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.
He Who Gets Slapped
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.
The Big Parade
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.
Bardelys the Magnificent
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
Four Walls
After completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny Horowitz decides to go straight.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
Flesh and the Devil
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
Show People
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
The Cossacks
Stirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war and chivalry. A mighty picturization of Count Leo Tolstoi's famous novel of the same name.
Filmography
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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as Self (archive footage)
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
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as (archive footage)
as Steve Bramley
as Antonio
as Gunner Smith
as Karl Schneider
as Jerry
as Chéri-Bibi
as Self
as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
as Jack
as Fedya Protasoff
as Self / Romeo
as Captain Kovacs
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
as Hugh Rand
as Neville Holderness
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
as Baron Reiner
as Benny
as Lukashka
as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
as Albert Whitcomb
as Jerry Fay
as Cock Robin
as Leo von Harden
as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
as Prince Danilo Petrovich
as Rodolphe
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
as James 'Jim' Apperson
as Self
as Bezano
as Jeffrey Dwyer
as Eugene Curry
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
as Gritzko
as Carlos Brent
as Jack Saunders
as Paul
as Gerald Stanley
as Cameo Kirby
as Henry Holcombe
as St. Elmo Thornton
as Truxton King
as Dennis O'Keefe
as Don Patricio Fernando
as Dick Manners
as Page Emlyn
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
as Donald Keith
as Norman Stone
as The Gardener
as William Fielding / David Field
as (uncredited)
as Frank Cassilis
as The Villain
as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
as Jack Pennington
as Dick Rutherford
as Dick Grant
as Carl Wilmerding
as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
as Dick Beach
as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)
as Ira Beasley
as Archie
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
as Harvey Deering
as James Ashley
as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
as The Heller
as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
as Benny
as James Cricket
as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
as English Spy
as (uncredited)
as Extra (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)